Coat hanger



F. PASZNICKI May 24, 1949.

COAT HANGER Filed Feb. 8, 1946 v INVENTOR Frank Paszncki TORN E Y Patented May 24, 1949 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim. 1

The purpose of my improvement is to provide a hanger including means for enclosure of a hat to save it from being crushed.

Another purpose of my improvement is to make the hanger, including said hat enclosure means, simple in construction and economical in cost but thoroughly practical for the purposes for which the hanger was designed.

I shall now describe my invention with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a combined coat hanger and a hat protecting enclosure mounted thereon;

Fig. 2 is a'sectional view on line 22 of Fg. 1;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on line 33 of Fig. l;

Fig. 4 is a sectional view on line 4-4 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a plan view of a hat protecting enclosure, somewhat modified, as affixed to a mounting board;

Fig, 6 is a sectional view on line 66 of Fig. 5.

Similar numcrals refer to similar parts throughout the several views. A

The improved hanger of my invention includes a flat body member lo, Which body is substantially circular in form in its lower portion and includes two side arms l l in its upper portion in the manner adopted in conventional coat hangers. A suspension hook l2, preferably made of wire and imbedded in the body of the hanger extends upwardly therefrom.

Centrally disposed upon the lower part of the hanger on the circular portion thereof, is a hat enclosing member l 4, made in the form of a semispherical shell having a plurality of radial slots 6. The slots have a two-fold purpose, namely to ventilate the shell and to reduce its weight. A thin strip IS extends upwardly from the shell and is connected by means of a hinge l3 to the body of the hanger, midway the arms ll. The strip bulges upwardly at l1 for purposes which will be presently described.

The arms ll of the hanger may be used in the conventional manncr to support the shoulder portion of a coat, The hat enclosing member is intended to receive the crown of a hat. To effect this, the shell l4 is swung upwardly away from the body of the hanger so that the crown of a hat may be placed manually within said shell, whereupon the shell is allowed to drop down from its hinge, that is the hinge at the upper end of strip l5, to assume its normal position as shown in Fig. l. The brim of the hat will not be covered by the shell but willbe held in abutment with the 2 circular portion of body Ill. Bulge [1 in the strip [5 is intended to allow for the outward curl of the brim.

To make the hanger useful for another purpose, I have equipped it also with a tie hanger. This is made out of a metal band 26, mounted horizontally on the body of the hanger, where strip l5 forms a bulge I'l. The band is flexible and is aflixed in place, midway its length by means of a nail or screw 25, as shown in Fig, 4, the ends of the band being in abutment with the body of the hanger, while portions adjoining said ends are in a spaced relation to the surface of said body.

A modified hat enclosing shell is shown in Figs. 5 and 6 in which said shell is shown provided with a radial strip 2|, the latter being hinged at l9 to a board l8. The board may be mounted on a wall or on some other supporting structure. screw holes 23 are provided for the purpose. The shell, 20, which for lightness has large radial openings 21, is provided with a hook 22 upon which clothes may be suspended.

It will be apparent that the device shown by me, may be modified in some respects without departing from the inventive principle disclosed by me. What I, therefore, wish to claim, is as follows.

A hanger of the kind described including a flat body member provided with arms extending laterally therefrom in opposte directions for suspension of a coat,a semi-spherical shell to fit over the crown of a hat and a narrow strip extending radially from said shell and hinged at its upper end to the surface of said flat body member at a point midway said arms, the strip having an upwardly forming curl to accommodate the upwardly turning brim of the hat, the open side of the shell tending to abut by gravity, the surface of said flat body portion.

FRANK PASZNICKI.

REFERNCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENIS Number Name Date 646,991 Hurley Apr. 10, 1900 871,175 Myers Nov. 19, 1907 1,168,989 Zitka Jan. 18, 1916 1,582,102 Tuten Apr. 27, 1926 1,990,211 Stinson Feb. 5, 1935 

